WATERBURY -- A woman who advocated for a safe and proper school environment for children was killed in an accident Saturday on Route 8 while on her way home from Christmas shopping.

Linn Asplund, 58, died when the 2001 Chevrolet Blazer she was driving north collided with a sedan driven by Michelle Hultgren, 17, of Beacon Falls, according to state police. The accident occurred shortly before 9 p.m. just past Exit 23, police said.

Hultgren and a passenger in Asplund's car, Roy Calverley, 56, of Torrington, were hospitalized with injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening, police said.

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